Clark v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Appropriate remedies for a sequestration violation include prospectively excluding the witness where prejudice will otherwise ensue; striking the testimony where connivance gave rise to the testimony; [or] striking the testimony where the prejudice arose.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trevontae Johnson v. State of Mississippi

2. “Exclusion of the testimony is a 'serious sanction,' and appropriate only where probable prejudice would result to the other party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trevontae Johnson v. State of Mississippi

3. “Failure to comply with a sequestration order does not automatically render the witness's testimony inadmissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trevontae Johnson v. State of Mississippi